Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] [adj] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are expected to raise hundreds of pounds in sponsorship for the special care baby unit at the Friarage Hospital , Northallerton . |
| 2 | Can my right hon. Friend arrange a debate on local government finance in London , so that we may discuss the growing evidence that Labour councils , far from struggling to provide services , can not even be bothered to collect millions of pounds of rates and of community charge still owing to them ? |
| 3 | Multiple nets may be extended to become hundreds of yards long for a single operation . |
| 4 | Every Thursday during the summer ‘ specials ’ are run conveying thousands of children to and from the country . |
| 5 | A van , loaded with explosives , blew up outside the Northern Bank in the busy High Street area as police were trying to evacuate hundreds of shoppers . |
| 6 | Organisers are hoping to raise millions of pounds to turn the centre into a living museum . |
| 7 | Through this mini trespass the RA are hoping to encourage hundreds of members to stage a mass trespass on the moor on September 29 , as part of Forbidden Britain Day — an annual event with nationwide protest walks calling for greater access to the countryside . |
| 8 | However , the plates move very slowly , so the continental collisions we are discussing happened millions of years before Homo sapiens came on the scene . |
| 9 | I am trying to keep abreast of developments associated with this complex but very important issue . |
| 10 | FOR THE LAST three weeks , officials of the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control ( UNFDAC ) have been trying to sell thousands of tons of onions . |
| 11 | The building and operating of the new telecommunications infrastructure is expected to create hundreds of jobs for the area . |
| 12 | Mr Brownhut said he had no idea why anyone should want to upset the show , which is expected to attract thousands of spectators from all over the province . |
| 13 | The first Quaker Rally and Road Run will take place on Sunday , May 17 , and is expected to attract thousands of spectators and enthusiasts . |
| 14 | But despite this , Telethon is expected to raise millions of pounds for thousands of people who are in some way in need . |
| 15 | The review , detailed by the chief secretary to the Treasury , Michael Portillo , last week , is designed to chop billions of pounds off public spending , particularly from the social security , education and health budgets . |
| 16 | The decision not to ring-fence DSS money for drug and alcohol services is said to threaten hundreds of projects . |
| 17 | I bet the whole thing is going to cost millions of pounds . |
| 18 | It 's set in an Afrikaaner village and is the true story of a widow who is inspired to sculpt hundreds of animals and people following the death of her husband . |
| 19 | Now the water industry is set to spend billions of pounds in improvements , the likely result of which is that our bills will go up by at least 50% over the next few years . |
| 20 | THIS year 's Festival of the Countryside in Mid Wales is set to attract thousands of visitors into the area and encourage local people to appreciate their environment . |
| 21 | The promotions business is going through a rocky time , and the Hoover jinx has now hit the Coca Cola Co in the UK , the Guardian reports : customer services at the company 's British headquarters are besieged with callers believing they have won Sega Enterprises Ltd games machines because one batch of bottles appears to make every purchaser a winner ; any bottle cap with the letter M , G or B printed on it wins a Sega prize , but the problem batch have all three letters inside the cap as part of a code to identify consignments , and the company is having to spend thousands of pounds on advertising to make it quite clear that its only caps with only one of the letters that win , and that all three are no good . |
| 22 | BRITAIN is preparing to send thousands of troops to Bosnia after reaching a deal with the US and France last night . |
| 23 | A TOUR operator is battling to get thousands of pounds back after rock superstar Prince cancelled a concert . |
| 24 | Burton Property Trust is planning to blitz hundreds of businesses when marketing of the town 's new Cornmill centre gets under way in the next few weeks . |
| 25 | SPAM makers in Liverpool are planning to spend thousands of pounds to give the tinned meat a new up-market image . |
| 26 | FUNDRAISERS are planning to raise thousands of pounds for five North-East hospitals to help treat sick children . |
| 27 | However , where more detail was available abuse was found to include touching of genitals ; fondling of breasts ; exposure to pornographic material ; oral sex ; overtures for intercourse ; and vaginal and anal intercourse . |
| 28 | Even as he was preparing to uproot millions of peasants and to destroy their homes , Ceauşescu praised their patriotism in terms ringing with irony : ‘ In the toughest times , their forefathers did not desert the land where they were born , but in brotherhood with it , with the mountains , fields , rivers and great woods , they unflinchingly remained in these parts , defending their being , their right to free existence . ’ |